Aw, that's cute, a drummer thinks he'sa musician too? (I kid, that's a running joke in music circles, percussionists are definitely musicians, we'd be lost without them). That's awesome! I suppose expert drumming in Rock Band would be a lot like the real thing. A program like rock band would probably work as a great drum trainer on a real set.

So did I, and I didn't even know I could play until years later when I sat in front of a friend's kit for a lesson with them. They basically talked me through the setup, gave me a song to play, and I just played the opening without much fuss. They told me I didn't need the lesson, I could already play and I just needed time on the kit, left the room and let me go ham.

I ... I don't know man !

I think some time around the year 10000 humanity solved most of their problem and the only remaining scarcity was "good living". Like, cultures that had a sophisticated way of enjoying life through good food, good drink and good companionship suddenly came at a high premium. The people from SW France became insanely wealthy very quick, and a sort of federation was struck between the Gascony people, the Basque and the Brittons. It was really the only possible counter-power to the more colonialist and military minded Italians.

Boar religion could be described as Albigensian catharism, except in space. Their freedom-loving ways are despised by the Italian catholic church but the galaxy is so vast that religion wars never really break out, it's just local skirmishes.

I haven't yet determined what animal the italians have morphed into, really glad to hear any suggestion.

Oh and here's a picture of the Assembly of the Perfecti, held annually at Baiona Station :

It bothers me more than it should that his snout is sticking out through his helmet glass